Charnwood Forest is an
upland tract in north-western
Leicestershire,
England, bounded by
Leicester,
Loughborough and
Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of
woodland; its elevation is generally 600 ft (180 m) and upwards, the area exceeding this height being about . The highest point,
Bardon Hill, is 912 ft (278 m). On its western flank lies an abandoned
coalfield, with
Coalville and other former mining villages, now being regenerated and replanted as part of the
National Forest. The
M1 motorway, between junctions 22 and 23, cuts through Charnwood Forest.